Caol Ila 1977 SMWS 53.6
| Category | SINGLE MALT |
| Distillery | Caol Ila |
| Bottler | The Scotch Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) |
| Bottling Series | - |
| Vintage | 1977 |
| Bottled Year | 1993 |
| Age | - |
| Cask Type | - |
| Cask Number | - |
| Bottles Released | - |
| ABV | 65.0% |
| Volume | 700 ml |
| Label | - |
| Country | Scotland |
| Region | Islay |
Flavor Profile
Tasting Notes
Colour
Pale gold (If distilleries had a colour I feel Caol Ila’s could quite easily be ‘pale gold’)
air Nose
A grouchy, austere, total brute at first nosing! Some simmering peat oils shyly lurking under a mountain of smoked cornflakes, shredded wheat, muesli and freshly malted barley. Although I feel this may kill you stone dead if you were to drink it for breakfast. With a little time it develops along more classical Caol Ila lines with these notes of petrol, mercurochrome, germoline and crushed sea salt. The very definition of purity and power! Possesses an almost blade-like precision. Tiny touches of earth, lemon juice, iodine, seaweed and white pepper all whisper out at you. With water: citrus, wax, hospital corridors, a hay loft, brake fluid. Close to perfection really!
restaurant Palate
a maelstrom of syrupy peat oils, camphor, resins, minerals, various oils, soot, wax, gentian eau de vie, tar liqueur and herbal toothpaste (my beloved Euthymol). Goes on with warm peat embers, coal dust, sandalwood and pure brine. The austerity has eased off and in place is just a spectacularly powerful, pure and surprisingly complex Caol Ila. With water: a sweeping smokiness that takes in freshly malted barley, peat embers, kippers, hessian, farmyard and bonfire ash. Then veering towards to dried herbs, mint and various sooty aspects. Quite brilliant!
timer Finish
Extremely long and superbly precise, sharp and vivid. With these wonderfully vibrant coastal aspects, blue peat smoke, black olives, kelp and olive oil
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